Is it normal for the little male cat to not eat the day after the castration operation last night?

First of all, you can think of sterilizing cats, which means that you are a qualified shit shovel officer and a responsible pet owner. I believe you are also a pet owner who usually pays attention to scientific feeding and management. This really needs to be praised and promoted more.

What is sterilization?

In fact, a small male cat should be called castration, and a small female cat is called sterilization, but most people will collectively call it sterilization. A small male cat is castrated, which is to remove the cat's testicles and ligate the blood vessels and spermatic cords. Male cat castration, this operation is a minor operation, but must also be under general anesthesia. So it will have the syndrome of general anesthesia.

Is it normal for male cats not to eat after castration?

In fact, this is a normal phenomenon, male cats will be better than female cats. Generally, male cats will start to eat on the second day after the operation. Female cats will eat later than male cats, and some will start to eat on the third day, especially if some cats are weird, timid, or stray cats. more serious for the following reasons

①It is caused by anesthesia, because it is necessary to fast without food and water before the operation. In addition to the effect of anesthetics, the peristalsis of the gastrointestinal tract slows down, so the appetite cannot be recovered at the beginning, because there is a period of time for the metabolism of the anesthesia.

②, is the problem of pain. If you think about pulling such a big mouth, and removing other people's good things, the pain of the wound is enough to affect the appetite, even if the cat's pain tolerance is very strong, it can't bear it.

③ It is the mood and psychological problems. If you are in a bad mood and suffer from such a big trauma, you will not feel comfortable psychologically and physically, especially for some cats with unique personalities. It will be depressed for a long time. If you pay attention, cats who have just been castrated or neutered are sometimes reluctant to play with their good friends for the first few days. Even their owners sometimes try to avoid them. In fact, they are Have an inferiority complex. People are also babies, and they also have self-esteem. The most direct example is that after you shave your dog, many of them are reluctant to go out. This is also the same reason.

④ are other rare factors.

What to do if you don't eat after castration or sterilization

If you take the initiative to drink water, you can leave it alone for a day or two. You can give it some nutritional cream, or canned food and intestines that it usually likes to eat, which can be easily digested, but fish and seafood should not be eaten first. Cats usually start to eat in 2 days. Special attention should be paid to female cats. Some of them will not eat or drink for 3-5 days. At this time, we need to take measures, because it is easy to cause liver problems. So you need fluids to replenish your body fluids.

How to avoid them not eating after surgery

First, it is best not to eat some indigestible foods 2-3 days before the operation, especially bones and the like, and then fast for 12 hours before the operation and water for 8-6 hours

Second, it is recommended to do necessary anti-inflammatory and analgesic treatment after surgery.

Third, drink water and eat food after 12 hours after the operation. Drinking water should not allow him to drink water freely. The food he eats should preferably be fluid.

Fourth, if your cat's temper is more individual, you must explain it to the vet in advance.

Fifth, if there are other cats at home after the operation, it is better to keep them separately, which is good for their emotions and wounds.

How to feed after neutering or death

Cats after neutering or castration must control their food intake, reducing their normal food by 20%, because they no longer need this energy, and if they are fed, they will become little fat, and After surgery, you must exercise more and increase exercise. You can also eat special prescription food.

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